Sketchpad Tools and Activities

• Some of the last few days utilized resources from the following wiki I created for a prior session: http://edgecombemath.pbworks.com/

Cool Tools

• Voki
• Wordle
• Penzu
• Del.icio.us
• VoiceThread
• Screen-O-Matic
• ToonDoo
• Animoto
• Glogster EDUCATION
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets
• Google Earth
• http://www.geocaching.com/
• http://rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/gitan/
• http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/
• http://www.davidrumsey.com/
• http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/texas.html

Introductory Videos to Web 2.0 Tools

• Introduction to Google Docs
• Introduction to Wikispaces
• Introduction to Geogebra

Henrico County Mathematics Pages

• Teachers of Henrico have worked since the inception of the 1:1 program in 2001 to create an online, sustainable curricula. These units include applets, Sketchpad Files, notes, online and offline assessments and worksheets, etc. http://teachers.henrico.k12.va.us/math/

Additional Math Resources

• Algebra
• Geometry
• Trigonometry, Precalculus and above
• Additional Resources
• An example of how teaching in 1:1 changes over time

Data Sets

The resources listed below are collections of data sets especially organized for educational purposes. Explore one of them and identify topics in your curriculum that could be enhanced with the use and analysis of one of these data sets.

• A collection of data sets from the Math Forum
• The Data and Story Library

There are many sources of rich data on the Web that are not already organized for educational purposes, but from which data can easily be downloaded and analyzed. These include:

• The Census: includes special resources for teachers
• EarthTrends: The Environmental Information Portal
• Archive of datasets from Carnegie Mellon University Statistics Department
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Various weather sites: includes a large set of links to weather data sites around the country.